Aside from reciprocal visa-free entry countries, China has continuously expanded its list of unilateral visa-free entry countries since last year.

On November 30th, 2024, China announced that it will extend visa-free entry to citizens from nine additional countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia & Romania), and extend the visa-free stay period from the current 15 days to 30 days.

Below an overview of both unilateral and reciprocal visa-free entry countries.

Europe

*Ordinary passport holders from the following countries may enter China visa-free for 30 days for business, tourism, family visit, exchange, and transit purposes.

Type 1: Unilateral Visa-Free Entry Countries:

Andorra	Denmark	Hungary	Luxembourg	The Netherlands	Spain
Austria	Estonia	Iceland	Malta	Poland	Switzerland
Belgium	Finland	Ireland	Monaco	Portugal
Bulgaria	France	Italy	Montenegro	Romania
Croatia	Germany	Latvia	North Macedonia	Slovakia
Cyprus	Greece	Liechtenstein	Norway	Slovenia

ASIA
Brunei
South Korea
Japan

OCEANIA

• Australia
• New Zealand

*Notes for Unilateral Visa-Free Entry into China:

• The policy is currently on trial and is effective until December 31, 2025.
• The maximum stay allowed under visa-free entry is 30 days.
• The visa-free policy applies only to entry and exit ports in the Chinese mainland.

Reciprocal Visa-Free Entry Countries

Type 2: Reciprocal Visa-Free Entry Countries

ASIA

• Armenia
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Qatar
• Singapore
• Thailand
• UAE

EUROPE

• Albania
• Belarus
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• San Marino
• Serbia

AMERICAS

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Dominica
• Ecuador
• Grenada
• Suriname

OCEANIA

• Fiji
• Tonga
• Solomon Islands

AFRICA

• Mauritius
• Seychelles

*Notes for Reciprocal Visa-Free Entry into China:

The visa-free policy applies only to entry and exit ports in the Chinese mainland.

Single stay not exceeding 30 days from the date of entry, with a cumulative stay not exceeding 90 days within 180 days.

The visa-free policy is permanent in principle, but will be updated according to future policy changes.